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Diocese of Jagdalpur

Rite:

Syro-Malabar

Population:

2953463

Status:

Diocese

Catholics:

9869

Founded:

26-Feb-77

Diocesan Priests:

Total area:

21366 sq. kms.

Religious Priests:

Province:

Raipur

Religious Sisters:

365

Region:

Chhattisgarh

Seminarians:

Patron:

St. Joseph

Languages:

Hindi and many tribal dialects.?

Civil States:

Chhattisgarh: Bastar Kanker Bijapur Narayanpur Dantewada Kondagaon and Sukma

Contact Diocese Office :

Bishop's House Lal BaghJagdalpur - 494 001 Dt. Bastar. CHATTISGARH.

Telephone 1:

07782-22 82 93 / 07782-22 83 07

Fax:

22 83 07

E-Mail Office:

pastoraljagdalpur@gmail.com

Website:

jagdalpurdiocese.org

Most Rev. Joseph Kollamparampil, Bishops of Jagdalpur

Name:

Most Rev. Joseph Kollamparampil

Designation:

Bishops

Canonical Possession:

2013-

Telephone (P):

E-mail (P):

Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Jagdalpur

Bishops Name	Designation	Period
	Retired	1992-2013

Pilgrim Centres in theDiocese of Jagdalpur

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Higher Secondary :

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Aged & Destitute:

History of the Diocese of Jagdalpur

The Diocese of Jagdalpur covers the civil division of Bastar in Chhattisgarh state. It was a part of Vishakhapatanam diocese. On August 15 1966 Bastar was separated from Vishakhapatanam diocese and added to the then Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur. The members of S.F.X congregation started working here.

On March 23 1972 Bastar was separated from Raipur and a new ecclesial unit called Exarchate of Jagdalpur was erected. The exarchate was entrusted to the then St. Joseph's Province of CMI congregation and Paulinus Jeerakath CMI was appointed as the exarch by the Papal Bull "Indorum Gentes".

Again the Jagdalpur was raised as eparchy of Jagdalpur and Msgr. Paulinus was appointed as the eparch by the Papal Bull "Nobismetipsis" of Pope Paul VI dated February 26 1977. The Episcopal Consecration of Msgr. Paulinus was on May 11 1977 at Mannanam of Kerala. Bishop Paulinus was called to eternal rest on August 6 1990.

Fr Kurian Macheril cmi was elected as the Diocesan Administrator on August 10 1990.

Prelates of the Diocese of Jagdalpur

Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period	Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period
		1993-		Bishop	1977-1990